One person has died after a two-storey building under construction collapsed in the Fadeyi area of Lagos State in the early hours of Friday, with several others feared trapped beneath the rubble.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Friday by its Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu.

According to Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency received a distress call about the collapse at 12:10 a.m. and immediately activated its Cobra Response Team from its Onipanu base.

The team arrived at the scene at 12:12 a.m. and found that the two-storey structure, which was still under construction, had collapsed.

Preliminary assessments indicated that construction workers might have been trapped beneath the debris, prompting emergency responders to launch search and rescue operations.

LASEMA said its personnel were working to locate and evacuate possible victims while implementing safety measures to protect both those affected and the rescue teams.

The agency said efforts were ongoing to determine whether additional people remained trapped beneath the rubble.